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Trivia: Musical Terms

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1. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.






2. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.






3. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.






4. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.






5. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.






6. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.






7. A group singing in unison.






8. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.






9. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.






10. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.






11. A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds - backwards - or inverted.






12. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.






13. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.






14. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.






15. A separate section of a larger composition.






16. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.






17. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.






18. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.






19. A book of text containing the words of an opera.






20. The principal note of a triad.






21. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.






22. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.






23. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.






24. Pertains to tone or tones.






25. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.






26. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.






27. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.






28. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.






29. Unmusical - without tone.






30. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.






31. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.






32. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.






33. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.






34. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.






35. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.






36. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.






37. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.






38. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.






39. Indicating speed.






40. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.






41. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.






42. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.






43. A symbol indicating to play loud.






44. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.






45. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.






46. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.






47. A composition written for nine instruments.






48. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.






49. A repeated phrase.






50. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.